Thank you all once again for all the support. And I love reading the stories and hunger for updates. Don't know how I'm going to make it through to 2015 and a new series/season of the show.

On Wednesday evening, as they were just finishing cleaning the kitchen. Louisa noticed that Martin seemed deep in thought and he had been very quiet since surgery had closed. "Martin, are you alright?" she asked as he put the last of the dishes away.

"Yes, of course," he answered automatically.

"You seem….distracted, like you are thinking about something else."

"I do? I erm…I suppose I am."

"Oh?"

He motioned for her to sit and he sat across the table from her. "I um… was thinking about our honeymoon."

Louisa laughed. "How awful."

"Yes, it was," he agreed as he looked at her warily. "We should have had a proper one; I should have given you that, given us that."

"Martin, it's alright, really…it is." She reached across and took his hand in hers and held it. "You were willing to have that night away and it did start well."

"No….it's not alright," he insisted. "I think we should have one… a honeymoon, not just a night in a lodge. It will require planning and you really shouldn't fly anytime soon. Is there someplace you would like to go that doesn't require air travel?"

Louisa looked at him, dumbstruck. Martin wanted, actually wanted, to go on a honeymoon? Her mind began to clear and the practicalities began to sink in. "What about James?"

"You had suggested that we get away, the three of us, when my mother was here, before…everything. Perhaps we could take him still?"

Louisa looked across at him, chewing her lower lip. "But if it is to be our honeymoon…people usually don't take their children on their honeymoon Martin."

"Right…yes…of course." He looked down, his chin nearly on his chest but she could see his eyes peering up at her with that eager look he sometimes had when he was contemplating intimacy.

"If we could find someone to watch him though, it would be nice…just the two of us," she said. His head popped up, his eyes wide with excitement. There's that little boy again, Louisa thought as she watched him.

"It would be," he agreed keenly. "I could make inquiries…"

"Let me do that. You look into places to go that fit your travel requirements for me; someplace far away from here." She gave his hand a slight squeeze as they sat there in companionable silence for a few minutes. Then softly she said, "Martin, you realize that people usually… that a honeymoon involves…"

"Yes…"

"Will my doctor allow that?"

"You will have a follow up scan soon; next week in fact. Your doctor will know more after that," he answered eagerly, feeling even lighter than he had when he left Engelmann's office..